SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) – Ray Bradbury, author of the science-fiction classic ”The Martian Chronicles,” says President Bush’s proposal to put humans on Mars could open new worlds in much the same way European explorers discovered America.
”We have to imagine what they couldn’t imagine. Because of their exploration they created us – the greatest country in the history of the world,” Bradbury said Saturday after a book-signing.
”We’re going to go with real people and land on Mars in the next 20 years, and I’m going to be buried in a tomato soup can on Mars,” joked Bradbury, who is 83. ”I’ll be the first one up there.”
Bradbury champions putting humans on Mars
February 15, 2004
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